On Friday 31 May, the European Commission announced that it had authorised an Italian measure with a budget of €2 billion to support the global high-tech STMicroelectronics in the construction and operation of a plant in Catania, Sicily, to produce semiconductors for silicon carbide power devices, also known as SiC power devices.
These high-performance chips are mounted on 200 mm diameter wafers. They will be transformed into modules and other devices used in a variety of industrial...